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Coker’s Latest Book Publishes January 2010

October 22, 2009

Look for the latest book by Coker Group, RVUs at Work: Relative Value Units in the Medical Practice this January, published by Greenbranch Publishing. Written by Max Reiboldt and Justin Chamblee, this book provides tremendous insight for utilizing RVUs to improve practice performance. The Relative Value Unit (RVU) system can be a powerful tool to help you manage your practice. When analyzing the many services you provide, the RVU system can help you compare one service to another in an objective, meaningful manner. In today's healthcare arena, the focus on RVUs continues to expand. Although RVUs were created as a payment method for Medicare, they have evolved into a valuable means for tracking provider productivity, measuring and defining costs, negotiation managed care contracts, compensating physicians, and benchmarking key indicators. In this session you will discover practical applications of RVUs and vital information about work RVUs. You will be able to track provider productivity using RVUs, analyze costs using RVUs, and define how RVUs are used in managed care contracts.